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The Infinite Loop Series
is the column that started it all at Applelust.com.
It is serious, deep, and, we hope, teaches
you something. This is the original column
for which the phrase "Mac philosophy"
was coined. In the end these columns go
far beyond the Mac to universal ideas
we can all learn to appreciate. Hopefully,
by reading them, you'll see yourself,
your Mac, and your world in new ways.
Best read twice, or thrice, we have been
told. We simply assume that to think different
one must first think. Not your usual Mac
column, but worth all the effort. There
is nothing else like it on the Mac Web.
David Schultz lives in the
Midwest with his wife Christy and their
cat Dr.
Erwin Schrodinger. His wife is a computer
programmer for one of the world's largest
construction companies, who unfortunately
must work on Windows NT all day.
David is trained in theology,
history, philosophy, and counseling. He
has advanced degrees in philosophy with
specialties in Ancient Greek Philosophy,
Kierkegaard,
Ethical Theory (with emphasis on 'virtue
ethics'), and Philosophy of Religion (with
emphasis on 'Analytic Theism'). He has
an AOC in contemporary metaphysics as
well. He also serves as am ad hoc referee
for the academic journal "Ancient
Philosophy."
He has served
as a Regent's Fellow at the University
of Nerbraska-Lincoln, graduate assistant
at the same, was Editorial Assistant for
"The Journal of Philosophical Research,"
under the prestigious leadership of Prof.
Robert Audi. David has taught at various
state universities. Trained in bioethics
as well, he was Vice-Chair of the Bioethics
Committee at a large medical institution
for three years, and has served in various
pastoral and counseling positions for
youth and single adults. He has won several
honors for public speaking along the way.
David currently is Lecturer
in Philosophy at a Midwestern, private
Jesuit institution (consistently named
one of the top Midwestern universities
in the country, and this year, 2001, named
#1 for teaching!), where he seems to have
fallen into teaching the history of philosophy
from its earliest times to the present,
as well as ethical theory and phil religion
when he can. He has written "Mechanism
and Doubt," a textbook which is used
in his classes. His current research is
in nihilism, phenomenology, the religious
philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard, and the
relationship between Greek science and
myth.
David bought his first Mac
8 years ago (an SE/30), though he can
recall seeing his first Mac in 1984. He
has not turned back since (he has never
owned a Windows machine and never plans
to). His family of Macs includes a G4/450
("Sawtooth"), a 7100, and PowerBook
(FireWire, "Pismo"). Oh, and
a Palm IIIc of course! He is a die-hard
Mac loyalist and truly believes that Plato
would have owned a Mac! He also is committed
to teaching people through their love
for the Mac. When he is not as his Mac
working, or doing philosophy (i.e., worrying),
and teaching, he enjoys cooking Italian
and Cajun foods, sitting hours on end
in bookstores, and reading Russian lit
and contemporary physics. He is Publisher
and Editor-in-Chief of Applelust.com.
David
Schultz
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